Director of the Juvenile Justice Observatory visits FRA

On 7 June, the Director of the Juvenile Justice Observatory visited FRA to discuss common areas of interest on protecting the rights of the child in the EU.

The Director spoke to FRA about the Observatory’s present and planned projects in this field. It was also an opportunity for FRA to speak about its relevant projects. There were discussions on how the Observatory and FRA are contributing to the work of the steering group of the European Commission’s project on children in judicial proceedings, and to the WHO project on violence against children with mental and intellectual disabilities.